alignment-brake issue!

[randy'sho]

just had my lower control arms (ball joints) replaced and a front end alignment done! now all of a sudden when i brake my car pulls to the right, but my steering wheel turns to the left...car has brand new brake and rotors less than a month ago! any ideas on what the shop might have screwed up before i take it back in on monday!

 

[randy'sho]

anyone have any ideas?

 

[St Louis SHO]

Brake hose, or stuck piston in the abs pump? Or possibly worn strut rod bushings?

 

[randy'sho]

yeah i guess it could be the strut rod bushing being that they did have to remove both of them to install the lower control arms!

 

[FrakensteinSHO]

Hmm, either that one of your Calipers are hanging up.

 

[randy'sho]

Hmm, either that one of your Calipers are hanging up.

had no problems until i had the lca and alignment so it has to have something to do with what they did to the car! that is why i said that the strut rod tensioner!

 

[frosho]

You could go through and make sure all the nuts 'n bolts were properly re-tightened... Is there any vibration accompanying the pull? Were the lca-to-knuckle pinch bolts replaced with new, or reused? The strut rod receivers on the subframe can go bad, are yours original equipment or has the recall repair been performed? Some food for thought...

EDIT: Were your control arms/ball joints pretty shot before you had them replaced? It's possible that you've had this issue for a while and didn't notice because there was so much slop in the suspension. Now that the lca's are tight, anything else that's amiss might've become more prevalent.